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Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway (1895–1955)

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190: 198: 299:. While the route map clearly shows this line in 1900, other sources equally unambiguously date it to the summer of 1907. The branch was abandoned in 1944; no trace of it remains today. The Pennsy station has disappeared – even photographs of it are exceedingly rare – and the railbed cannot be discerned in aerial photographs of the area south of Oatka Creek.) 273:. Thus, on August 1, 1900, the WNY&PRY signed an agreement with the PRR under which the latter operated the former. Although the WNY&PRY did not generate much profit in this arrangement, it did improve matters for the 584: 569: 579: 318: 589: 574: 261:
The 1895 to 1899 period of this rail system's operations saw revenue inadequate to pay the bond interest; these financial problems were contemporaneous with the
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from the reorganization of the Buffalo, New York, and Philadelphia, and reorganized in 1895 as the Western New York and Pennsylvania
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Destroyed in 1968 in the name of Rochester's urban renewal, this station served first the WNY&PRR and then the Pennsy.
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became the Pennsylvania Railroad's Buffalo and Allegheny Valley Division.
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The Growth and Development of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1846–1926
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roads; so the net result was satisfactory to the Pennsylvania.
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Incorporated in 1887 as the Western New York and Pennsylvania
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was laid, from Belfast north, on the bed of the abandoned
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Western New York And Pennsylvania Railway (1895–1955)
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Index

Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway
New York & Pennsylvania Railroad
Emporium, Pennsylvania
Mahoningtown, Pennsylvania
Buffalo, New York
Rochester, New York
Western New York Railway
Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway
Penndel Company
Track gauge
standard gauge
railroad
U.S. states
New York
Pennsylvania


Pennsylvania Railroad
Penndel Company
Emporium, Pennsylvania
Olean
Hinsdale
Cuba
Belfast
Rochester
Genesee Valley Canal
Pennsylvania
western New York
New York Central
Allegheny Valley

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